Fast Growing Trees: 2-3' Thuja Green Giant Privacy Trees $59.95 + Free Shipping

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Any Emerald Green deals?

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WildflowerGuru

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Growing Zones: 5-8 outdoors
(hardy down to -10℉)

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Check out Schaefer Nursery in TN. You can buy 1 year bare roots for $1 each plus shipping. I think minimum order is 50 or 100. I buy a few hundred from Molly every year and split them with friends to share shipping costs. We are zone 5. For best results, I suggest potting in #2 pots with POTTING soil for the first year and watering frequently through the summer. I up pot after the first year to #4 or #5, then add slow release 10-10-10 pellets. I have 98-100% success rate with mine when I put them in the ground (make sure they are not in low or wet ground, they will root rot). My friends that have put them straight in the ground usually get about 50% survival rate. One tried top soil instead of potting soil and only ended up in the 50% rate also. If you order in fall for spring, you can get somewhat larger stock for about 30% more cost. Happy Green Gianting!

If it wasn't clear, she ships them, no need to be in TN.

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Quote from TenseWater995

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Check out Schaefer Nursery in TN. You can buy 1 year bare roots for $1 each plus shipping. I think minimum order is 50 or 100. I buy a few hundred from Molly every year and split them with friends to share shipping costs. We are zone 5. For best results, I suggest potting in #2 pots with POTTING soil for the first year and watering frequently through the summer. I up pot after the first year to #4 or #5, then add slow release 10-10-10 pellets. I have 98-100% success rate with mine when I put them in the ground (make sure they are not in low or wet ground, they will root rot). My friends that have put them straight in the ground usually get about 50% survival rate. One tried top soil instead of potting soil and only ended up in the 50% rate also. If you order in fall for spring, you can get somewhat larger stock for about 30% more cost. Happy Green Gianting!

If it wasn't clear, she ships them, no need to be in TN.

Do you plant them after the 2nd year had past? So right as they turn 3 yo?

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Do you plant them after the 2nd year had past? So right as they turn 3 yo?

I have planted them after one year of being in pots in the past, but I am now a green giant collector I guess. I have probably about 125-150 in the ground and 130 in pots. I have 30 new in #3 pots from this year, 50 from last year that I up potted from #3 to #4 this year, and 50 from 2 years ago that I up potted from #3 to #5 pots this year. I keep getting more without a clear idea where I want to put more. The pots get quite a bit more expensive the larger I go though. #2 pots can be found for just about $1.50 each. I forget what I gave for #3 and #4. The #5s I used this year were about $3.50 I think, but are thicker injection molded pots that should last more than a few turns. I love green giants. I planted my first ones in 2008 from Botany Shop in MO (I dont think they are around anymore). Those are probably 25ft tall or more and planted every 6ft on center and back 6ft from that, I planted 6ft on center between them. It is a thick privacy that I absolutely love. I had a hard time with dark green arbs and switched to these over 15yrs ago. They absolutely hate being wet in low spots though. The only problems I have ever had were bagworms (which I pluck and crush when I see them), and some in back had a buck rub them and stunted them for a bit. One more tid bit, #1 and #2 pots will blow over when the top gets a lot of growth. Bigger pots help take care of that. After the first year, space the pots out if you have them bunched together to encourage full growth, or the ones on the sides will start growing sideways.

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I have planted them after one year of being in pots in the past, but I am now a green giant collector I guess. I have probably about 125-150 in the ground and 130 in pots. I have 30 new in #3 pots from this year, 50 from last year that I up potted from #3 to #4 this year, and 50 from 2 years ago that I up potted from #3 to #5 pots this year. I keep getting more without a clear idea where I want to put more. The pots get quite a bit more expensive the larger I go though. #2 pots can be found for just about $1.50 each. I forget what I gave for #3 and #4. The #5s I used this year were about $3.50 I think, but are thicker injection molded pots that should last more than a few turns. I love green giants. I planted my first ones in 2008 from Botany Shop in MO (I dont think they are around anymore). Those are probably 25ft tall or more and planted every 6ft on center and back 6ft from that, I planted 6ft on center between them. It is a thick privacy that I absolutely love. I had a hard time with dark green arbs and switched to these over 15yrs ago. They absolutely hate being wet in low spots though. The only problems I have ever had were bagworms (which I pluck and crush when I see them), and some in back had a buck rub them and stunted them for a bit. One more tid bit, #1 and #2 pots will blow over when the top gets a lot of growth. Bigger pots help take care of that. After the first year, space the pots out if you have them bunched together to encourage full growth, or the ones on the sides will start growing sideways.

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I guess I don't know how much these normally are, but $60 each still seems like a lot for a 2-3' tree with limited utility for at least a few years.

However, the use case for most people is in multiples, so I thought I'd point out that a 10-pack, with code PLANTMORE30 makes the total $333 and $33/ea seems like a pretty good deal.

At 13 or more, the discount is higher, dropping it to $31/ea.

Edit: I just noticed the wiki comment about the 10-pack price. 🤣

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I guess I don't know how much these normally are, but $60 each still seems like a lot for a 2-3' tree with limited utility for at least a few years.

However, the use case for most people is in multiples, so I thought I'd point out that a 10-pack, with code PLANTMORE30 makes the total $333 and $33/ea seems like a pretty good deal.

At 13 or more, the discount is higher, dropping it to $31/ea.

Edit: I just noticed the wiki comment about the 10-pack price. 🤣

Yeah the title is deceiving

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Any Emerald Green deals?

Check costco. 3 for around $55 I believe. I ordered 27 and all were amazing. Only 18" or so but very healthy.

found the link: https://www.costco.com/0.738-gall...82350.html

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Aren't costco cheaper and taller? #5 is 29.99 , how does that compare to this?

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SensibleHerring7501

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Not a good price, I've bought 80 of these in the last couple years, most from Walmart, some from lowes and home depot for around 10ea they were around 2ft tall.

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Quote from PatrickP3978

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Check costco. 3 for around $55 I believe. I ordered 27 and all were amazing. Only 18" or so but very healthy.

found the link: https://www.costco.com/0.738-gall...82350.html

Anyone have experience dealing with failed growth and Costco's lifetime warranty?

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Quote from TenseWater995

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Check out Schaefer Nursery in TN. You can buy 1 year bare roots for $1 each plus shipping.
..... For best results, I suggest potting in #2 pots with POTTING soil for the first year and watering frequently through the summer.

Because this is slickdeals, I should point out that a 50% survival rate at $1/ea means you should skip buying pots ( #2 at $1.50 ea + potting soil) unless you intend to buy them over 3+ years.

Either buy 2x on year 1, put the main batch exactly where you want and use a second plot as a "farm", transplanting from "farm" to dead spots at year 2 or buy what you want year 1 and plan on smaller batches year 2/3 to fill in dead spots.

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JOSEPH.A.THOMAS

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I bought 6 of these babies a few weeks back when they were B1G1, arrived quickly, nicely packaged and larger than I expected, probably a 2 cup size root ball. Mine have been in the ground 2 weeks and look like they will all thrive.

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Bought these two years ago without reading the growing zone and they are literally the same exact size

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